My Frugal Miser - December Expenses: $17,550

December finishes the year in the red.  Personal spending was around where it normally is, but business expenses were high. 

I averaged $19/day for food.  This has to stop!  We ate out every meal while in Birmingham to work on one of my properties, as well as a couple of meals in Miami when we went to the Madonna concert.  There was also some holiday meal spending mixed in there.

There were some larger expenses.  I paid $190 for a new car battery.  We drove to Birmingham to work on a vacant rental property - 600 miles each way.  That used up a lot of gas.  I bought a $500 Amazon gift card to take advantage of a 5% cash back offer.

Business expenses won't be nearly as high in 2020.  I made the final payment on the new siding at the Airbnb.  As I mentioned, we went to Birmingham to do some work.  This entailed a hotel room and supplies including paint and repair materials.

December Business Spending:  $12,989
December Personal Spending:  $4,561

December Expenses:  $17,550

$527 Auto (service, gas, insurance, AAA, etc.)

$199 Bank Fees
$38 Clothing/ Personal Care
$408 Fun (vacations movies, gambling, alcohol, concert tickets)

$590 Food

$406 Health and Dental

$1,498 Household/Mortgage Payment/Home Repair

$0 Interest Expense

$60 Miscellaneous

$494 Taxes includes quarterly tax payments
$0 App Jobs Expenses (tolls, car washes, etc.)
$60 Unreimbursed Job Expenses
($59) Reimbursed Job Expenses

$340 Utilities
$1,822 Rental Property Expenses
$11,167 AirBNB Expenses